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Centenary of the Armistice

Proceeding contribution from Paul Beresford (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 6 November 2018. It occurred during Debate on Centenary of the Armistice.

I thank my hon. Friend for that. Interestingly, in my constituency, we looked after the Canadians.

In Vimy Ridge, 10,500 people died or were wounded. On Remembrance Day here, I attend a service in one of my villages. We always read out the names of the village men who were lost. That was not done when I was a child attending my small New Zealand village service on Anzac Day—there are just too many names to read out at a simple service.

I have spoken about the dead and wounded combatants from the Commonwealth, but we must not forget those who returned to their nations, many of whom were physically damaged and many, many of whom were left with mental nightmares, which we did not understand, but which we have better recognition of now. They tried to return to normality in their Commonwealth lands. Europe owes so much to these men who travelled so far to fight for the allies in a war that technically was not theirs, but Europe’s. They came and I suspect they would come again.

5.7 pm

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
648 cc1423-4 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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